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CVE-2014-3579

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3579 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Apache ActiveMQ Apollo versions 1.x prior to 1.7.1, allowing remote consumers to achieve significant impact through crafted XPath selectors in XML messages. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_apollo:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_apollo:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_apollo:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_apollo:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_apollo:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0459 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.activemq:apollo-projectFixed in: 1.7.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-wmhw-hpwh-44pgcritical

Apache ActiveMQ Apollo XXE Vulnerability

May 14, 2022

References

activemq.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3579-announcement.txt
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2015/q1/428
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/100721
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/APLO-366
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/72508
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry